RPC VII.2, 3643

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3643
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Gordian I and Gordian II
Person (obv.) Gordian II (Augustus)
Issue LΑ = year 1
Dating AD 238
Obverse inscription Α Κ Μ ΑΝ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΦ(Ρ) ΕΥϹΕ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανὸς Ἀφρικανὸς Εὐσεβής Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀν(τώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Ἀφρ(ικανὸς) Εὐσε(βής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Africanus Pious
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian II, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L - Α
Edition ἔτους αʹ (ἔτους) αʹ
Translation of year 1
Reverse design eagle standing left, head right, holding wreath in beak
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 12.82 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference D 4670
Specimens 12 (6 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 3105
2 2     P: 3104
3 3     P: AA.GR.19267
4 4     B: 18274926, Löbb.
5 5     NY: 1944.100.64908
6 6     V: GR 25217
7 7     A: 6815 (Demetriou)
8 8     Michigan R. A. Haatvedt and E. E. Peterson, Coins from Karanis: the University of Michigan excavations, 1924–1935 (Ann Arbor, 1964), no. 686, pl. III.22
9 9     DS 10161
10 10     Figari & Mosconi 1368 = D 4670
11 11     J. Aiello coll.
12 12     Private coll.